I Try Not To Be A Jerk.

My Heart Has Never Been Broken, I've Never Broken Anyone Else's.

I Always Felt Like The Rug Could Be Pulled Out From Under Me At Anytime. And Coming From A Racially Mixed Background, I Always Felt Like I Didn't Really Fit In Anywhere.

I Started Writing Poetry When I Was Six. I Had This Teacher Who Didn't Believe The Poems I'd Bring In Were Mine Because They Were Dark And Sad. But I Wrote About What I Experienced In My Childhood.

We've All Been Influenced By Other People...if Minnie Riperton Never Existed, Would I Have Even Thought Of Singing In That (upper) Register? I Doubt It.

You Really Just Want To Know That Somebody Loves You For You. Sometimes You Feel Like An Atm Machine With A Wig On It.